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I believe it’s also associated with severe health consequences and the only survivor has stated regretting the protocol... EDIT: Seems I'm misinformed. Thanks

I believe it’s also associated with severe health consequences and the only survivor has stated regretting the protocol... EDIT: Seems I'm misinformed. Thanks for clarifying, commenters below.

AuthorizedCust 8y ago
I don't see much regret: http://www.jeannagiese.com/my-personal-story.html http://www.jeannagiese.com/my-personal-story.html
- corpMaverick 8y ago
  >> Being the animal lover that I was, I was bit in my finger by a puppy that I was trying to feed when I was up in the desert doing mountain biking. A few days later, I had to get vaccinated because we could not bring the dog for observation. The vaccination itself can be risky. But it is preferable than risking rabies. I was told it is a horrible way of dying. Lesson learned.
- crescentfresh 8y ago
  > I had less than 4 hours left to live. Dr. ... was not ready to let me die. He researched the internet and found a few key phrases that helped him devise a treatment Well I guess in desperate times all treatments started somewhere, a quick goog is probably as good as any.
- jacquesm 8y ago
  Interesting how one doctor casually dismissed a bite from a bat. Bats are pretty well known for carrying all kinds of interesting diseases.
raverbashing 8y ago
There has been more than one survivor (wikipedia is outdated) and I don't think they really regret it
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  > There has been more than one survivor That seems to be a matter of debate. The other reported Milwaukee protocol survivors apparently include: (1) people who died of the rabies infection, but were characterized as “survivors” in some reports because they survived past the initial acute phase, (2) People who received both post-exposure vaccination and the Milwaukee protocol, (3) One survivor who, based on antibody tests, probably was never infected with rabies in the first place. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-neurological-sciences/article/critical-appraisal-of-the-milwaukee-protocol-for-rabies-this-failed-approach-should-be-abandoned/8A47C583B24B2B2E43248770F78CC35A https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-...
throwaway080383 8y ago
More severe than death?
- kstrauser 8y ago
  There are lots of things more severe than death. Imagine the treatment gave you an aggressive form of Alzheimers, for instance - would you really rather have that?
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  - lostlogin 8y ago
    Agreed, yet most countries have laws that assume we would all offer to live, no matter what. “Sanctity of life” somehow means maximum suffering is best.
- nraynaud 8y ago
  Some metrics use quality of life instead of survival at 5 years.
vorpalhex 8y ago
From what I can find, the original survivor had a child and seems to have a functional adult life. Not to say there weren't side effects (and it seems like she was in therapy for several months), but she seems to have a normal enough life.

I believe it’s also associated with severe health consequences and the only survivor has stated regretting the protocol... EDIT: Seems I'm misinformed. Thanks for clarifying, commenters below.

AuthorizedCust 8y ago

I don't see much regret: http://www.jeannagiese.com/my-personal-story.html http://www.jeannagiese.com/my-personal-story.html

corpMaverick 8y ago
>> Being the animal lover that I was, I was bit in my finger by a puppy that I was trying to feed when I was up in the desert doing mountain biking. A few days later, I had to get vaccinated because we could not bring the dog for observation. The vaccination itself can be risky. But it is preferable than risking rabies. I was told it is a horrible way of dying. Lesson learned.
crescentfresh 8y ago
> I had less than 4 hours left to live. Dr. ... was not ready to let me die. He researched the internet and found a few key phrases that helped him devise a treatment Well I guess in desperate times all treatments started somewhere, a quick goog is probably as good as any.
jacquesm 8y ago
Interesting how one doctor casually dismissed a bite from a bat. Bats are pretty well known for carrying all kinds of interesting diseases.

raverbashing 8y ago

There has been more than one survivor (wikipedia is outdated) and I don't think they really regret it

dragonwriter 8y ago
> There has been more than one survivor That seems to be a matter of debate. The other reported Milwaukee protocol survivors apparently include: (1) people who died of the rabies infection, but were characterized as “survivors” in some reports because they survived past the initial acute phase, (2) People who received both post-exposure vaccination and the Milwaukee protocol, (3) One survivor who, based on antibody tests, probably was never infected with rabies in the first place. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-neurological-sciences/article/critical-appraisal-of-the-milwaukee-protocol-for-rabies-this-failed-approach-should-be-abandoned/8A47C583B24B2B2E43248770F78CC35A https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-...

throwaway080383 8y ago

More severe than death?

kstrauser 8y ago
There are lots of things more severe than death. Imagine the treatment gave you an aggressive form of Alzheimers, for instance - would you really rather have that?
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- lostlogin 8y ago
  Agreed, yet most countries have laws that assume we would all offer to live, no matter what. “Sanctity of life” somehow means maximum suffering is best.
nraynaud 8y ago
Some metrics use quality of life instead of survival at 5 years.

vorpalhex 8y ago

From what I can find, the original survivor had a child and seems to have a functional adult life. Not to say there weren't side effects (and it seems like she was in therapy for several months), but she seems to have a normal enough life.